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  SOUND CONVERSION
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: A.W. Tozer emphasizes the necessity of sound conversion for
true spiritual enlightenment and victorious Christian living.

Topics: "True Conversion", "The Work of the Holy Spirit"
Scripture References: Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 14:17, Acts 2:38, Romans 8:9, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 5:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, 1 Peter 1:23

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the critical distinction between mere conversion
and a sound conversion, arguing that many evangelicals may be part of
the church without truly experiencing the transformative power of the
Holy Spirit. He asserts that true conversion leads to a joyous and
victorious Christian life, while many settle for a superficial
understanding of faith. Tozer warns that without a sound conversion,
individuals lack the Spirit's guidance, rendering them indifferent to
the teachings of Scripture. He calls for believers to seek a deeper,
authentic relationship with God that reflects true spiritual rebirth.
Ultimately, Tozer urges the church to pursue a genuine experience of
being born of the Spirit and washed in the blood of Christ.

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I am convinced that many evangelicals are not truly and soundly
converted. Among the evangelicals it is entirely possible to come into
membership, to ooze in by osmosis, to leak through the cells of the
church and never know what it means to be born of the Spirit and washed
in the blood. A great deal that passes for the deeper life is nothing
more or less than basic Christianity. There is nothing deeper about it,
and it is where we should have been from the start. We should have been
happy, joyous, victorious Christians walking in the Holy Spirit and not
fulfilling the lusts of the flesh. Instead we have been chasing each
other around the perpetual mountain.

What we need is what the old Methodists called a sound conversion.

There is a difference between conversion and a sound conversion. People
who have never been soundly converted do not have the Spirit to
enlighten them. When they read the Sermon on the Mount or the teaching
passages of the epistles that tell them how to live or the doctrinal
passages that tell how they can live, they are unaffected. The Spirit
who wrote them is not witnessing in their hearts because they have not
been born of the Spirit. That often happens.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/sound-conversion/
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